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I've worked at larger co's (1k+ employees) where BS work was actively eradicated in order to have breathing space to move forward and innovate. This is possible
by SonicSoul 11y ago
I've worked at larger co's (1k+ employees) where BS work was actively eradicated in order to have breathing space to move forward and innovate. This is possible but requires vigilant management and hiring the kind of people that want to make a difference. There's more red tape at corps which may be part of the BS you're pointing out but even that was actively fought. I see it similar to technical debt. It's easy to accumulate if you're not careful and easy to live with at first but will slowly come back and take you down.
- cobaltblue 11y agoI would describe your experience as atypical, wouldn't you? Just like Valve's nearly-flat management is atypical and requires a certain mesh of personalities and pruning to work at all. Counterexamples exist, it's not a perfect correlation, but unless they're plentiful they don't really change the typical.
- SonicSoul 11y agoYou do have a point. I suppose that is why you generally make more working at a corp, to either deal with the BS or ideally figure out a way to solve it which is never easy. All I was saying is that there are ways around it and long term solutions that work if you're willing to sink your teeth in and try to improve the status quo. The feeling of looking back and seeing that 80% of BS from last year was eliminated can be quite satisfying even if you're not at a game changing startup.